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el arrabal
slum at the edges of Buenos Aires,
best described as resulting from an overflow of poor squatters from the city, rather than deterioration of older neighborhoods
el placero
horse-drawn coach often used as a taxi;
found waiting for hire in a plaza,
hence the name
finado(a)
=difunto
el quilombo
(2 significados)
=lupanar;
chaos, great disorder
("Esta casa es un gran _____")
guapo(a)
(lun) brave
la milonga
(lun) club, cabaret, dance party
la biaba
(lun) beating
el hembraje
(lun) a group of women
cebar maté
to prepare (and serve)
the herbal drink of Argentina
la escupida
gob of spit
salir como escupida
to come shooting out (of somewhere)
"like a bat out of hell"
ser la escupida de _________
to be the spitting image of _____
la barra (brava)
gangster posse
(nowadays, hooligan supporters of a sports team)
abrir cancha
to make plenty of room
("¡Vayan ______endo _____, señores, que la llevo dormida!")
la cancha
backyard or any large space
el rancho
a shack, a poor person's dwelling made with cast-off materials
el compadrito
"tough guy," usually of gaucho stock, forced off the land and driven to the slums of Buenos Aires to become a petty criminal
el guacho
gamin or street kid,
implies "orphan," "homeless," and "bastard"
la caña
small glass of beer, usually the smallest volume a bar sells
la chalina
scarf used as a cravat
cercar
to hem in (a person, threateningly)
el chambergo
a brimmed hat, like a musketeer's
el poste
post, pillar
el alambrado (2 significados)
wire fencing, especially barbed;
also electrical wiring
el fiyingo
(lun)=arma blanca, "cold steel"
bladed weapon, including hatchets and swords
atolondrado(a)
reckless
("De puro _________ me le fui encima
y le encajé la zurda en la facha.")
con sorna
sarcastically
("Dije como __ ____")
carnear
to butcher (an animal)
hachar
to hack, cut down
(eg, a tree or a finger)(with an axe)
el estorbo
encumbrance or obstruction
("¡Tú siempre has de servir de __________, pendejo!")
los andurriales
wilderness, wild remote place
("En estos ________ hay uno que tiene mentas de cuchillero y de malo.")
tener mentas de _______
=tener fama de
("En estos andurriales hay uno que ____ ____ __ cuchillero y de malo.")
la crencha (2 significados)
part in the hair;
each side of the hair so separated by the parting
la chamuchina
mob (of people)
("El Corralero fue empujado hacia él con ese viento de _________ pifiadora detrás.")
ir a los barquinazos
go bumping and swaying
(up a road-said of carriages and cars)
aindiado(a)
looking like an Indian,
either by features or skin color
("La cara requerdo que era _______, esquinada.")
fornido(a)
brawny, muscular
y eso que
even though....(emphatic)
la facha
face;
look, appearance
("Tiene buena/mala ______,"
said of people or situations)
encajar
to land (a punch, a position)
desahogarse
=desfogarse
(to let off emotional "steam")
rezongar
to grumble, say in a grumbling way
echar un vistazo
to have a look arround
(though "revisar" would be better
for formal speech)
el bolacero
b.s.-er, liar
el yuyo
(lun) insipid person, "loser"
el montón
a "bunch"; a mass or cluster
(may refer to a "bunch"of people)
traspasar
to transfer (an object or one's business)
("Lo mejor era ________
el muerto al arroyo.")
aviar
to tidy up in preparation
("Vamos a _____ la casa,
que va a llegar la visita.")
el bailongo
public dance
el bochinche
gossiping
la cachetada
(Am) slap to the face
el barullo
noisy turmoil
arrastrado(a)
wretched, poor
("Carlos lleva una vida _______")
("Eres un _______")
el planazo
=golpe
(Se le durmió con un ______
que tenía listo.")
el pescante
coach driver's seat
(situated just over the wagon tongue, hence the name)
entrecano(a)
"salt-and-pepper"
(said of facial hair of all kinds)
ser del montón
to be "a dime a dozen;"
ie, ordinary, vulgar
el ñandubay
Prosopis affinis, a flowering tree related to mesquite and the pea, produces a very hard, reddish wood
resistente para
tough, durable
("compañeras ________ ____ el baile"
--the girls wouldn't
wear themselves out dancing)
guitarrear (2 significados)
to play the guitar;
to b.s., improvise a speech with total ignorance of the subject
doblar la esquina
to turn the corner
aturdir
to stun, daze
encandilado(a)
dazzled by light or false appearances
("Se adelantó para quedarse ________ por tanto hembraje y tanta luz.")
la jeta
=facha, cara
al ñudo
=al nudo (uselessly)
("Linda __ ____ la noche.")
la trompada
blow with a fist, a "sock"
acatar
(v trans) to comply with
("Hasta la jeta del mulato ciego que tocaba el violín _______ ese rumbo.")
el fustazo
=azote
(blow from a whip)
el changango
(Arg) small guitar
naides
=nadie
el italianaje
a group of Italians ("Guineas")
decirle _______
to name somebody ______
("Yo soy Francisco Real que me _______el Corralero.")
pifiador(a)
(Ar) joking, mocking
(said of a mob)
el balaquero
=fanfarrón
(a boastful person)
apaisanado
déle
give to him!
ir (llegar) de paquete
to look sharp, well dressed
(Sabía llegar de lo más _______)
zoncero(a)
stupid
como si tal cosa...
(adv phrase) as if it never happened
("Siguió ____ __ ___ ____, adelante.")
arriar
to flood, swamp, wash away
("El tango hizo su voluntad con nosotros y nos ______ y nos perdía.")